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The phone rings from a site where soil has been disturbed. Like a rock rolling downhill in a landslide, Michael Harding dashes off to assess the damage so it can be remediated. As a senior consultant with Geosyntec Consultants’ San Diego Old Town office, Harding performs erosion and sediment control in its many forms and at many locations: post-fire restoration work, a utility right of way, mining reclamation, landfills, and stormwater-related issues. He teaches courses for California’s stormwater progr...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Geosynthetics and RECPs, Human-Resources, Management
By Julie Etra Last June I wrote for this column and addressed regionalization. Now that it has been accomplished, the following is a brief summary of our evolving organization and potential for growth. Those who have visited IECA’s website within the last several months have seen the new, yet still simple, world map indicating Region One and Region Two. Users can click on their region, which can also be set as their default home region. The Region One website continues to make changes so that it becomes...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Research, Slope Stabilization
John McCullah started working with dirt as a landscape contractor after having earned degrees in botany, geology, and forest and range hydrology from Santa Cruz Cabrillo College and Humboldt State University in California. Today, he calls himself a fluvial geomorphologist…and much more. McCullah owns Salix Applied Earthcare in Redding, CA, a company that designs, develops, reviews, and implements erosion control plans. He offers best management practices workshops. He develops guidance manuals. He devel...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Streambank Repair, Vegetation Management
When I was asked to write some words for this Director’s Message, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to share some of my thoughts on one of the Iberoamerican Chapter’s main priorities, a priority also shared by the entire IECA Board of Directors. This priority deals with growing our association by encouraging more people to join. As you may know, the Iberoamerican Chapter incorporates many different countries, each with very different cultures and possibilities.* But we all have in common that ...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Research, Sediment Control
Written by Thomas Carpenter Sediment is the number one pollutant in the US. There is a fatal flaw in the ASTM D6460 test protocol that directly impacts erosion potential, and thus sediment pollution, from construction sites into our waterways. Updating the standard as soon as possible is the best means to effective turf reinforcement mat (TRM) performance! The erosion and sediment control industry is where the rubber meets the road—we have a responsibility to advise others and develop better pollut...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Regulatory Issues, Sediment Control
Written by Janis Keating A draft of EPA’s new stormwater rule is scheduled to be released in June 2013, with finalization (after the public comment period) projected for December 2014. The rule, initially scheduled for implementation in November 2012, is expected to include such provisions as integrating green infrastructure into project design; viewing stormwater as a resource; and generally slowing the flow of runoff to allow more infiltration, which will not only reduce the volume of runoff but ...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Regulatory Issues, Sediment Control
Written by Janice Kaspersen This issue marks the 20th anniversary of Erosion Control magazine. In 1993, the Clean Water Act was a mere two decades old. Phase I of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) had just begun, and Phase II—which would control nonpoint-source pollution like sediment—was still 10 years away. What else has changed in the last 20 years? The public has, by and large, become more aware of the causes of environmental problems. The 1970s brought a wave of environmen...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Project Design, Regulatory Issues
Written by Eric Woolson When Jim Trifilio is asked to share the story of Okaloosa County’s effort to restore two pristine beaches along Florida’s northern Gulf Coast, he pauses and takes a short breath. “How much time do you have?” he asks with an uneasy laugh. “It’s a long and harrowing story. I’m not even sure where to start.” Trifilio, who was hired in December 2005 as the first coastal management coordinator for the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) to begin the Okaloosa Island ...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Sediment Control, Shoreline Protection
The city of Newport, RI, had an existing section of retaining wall along the famed Ocean Avenue that needed to be replaced to ensure continued safe operation of the roadway. The failing 300-foot-long wall was built during the 1930s as part of the Works Progress Administration program. It was a typical robust cast-in-place design, which was standard practice for sea walls at that time. Chemical breakdown of the concrete and reinforcing steel, as well as of the steel scupper pipes within the wall, and sev...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Shoreline Protection, Watershed projects
Written by Phil Handley Howdy again to y’all from Texas! The topic of my update is the progress of the IECA brand. IECA—the oldest and largest association dedicated to erosion control that addresses key issues in both stormwater management and natural resource protection—experienced its 40th anniversary in February 2012. In our 40 years of existence, the IECA logo, with its three interlocking brown, green, and blue rings, continues to be the recognized symbol of the essence of IECA. That essence of IECA...... continue reading
From: Erosion Control Topics: Management, Regulatory Issues, Research
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